céu
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɛw/
céu is spelled C-É-U (3 letters) and appears 83 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,168th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Céu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte do espaço que parece formar uma abóbada em cima de nossas cabeças; abóbada celeste”.
What does céu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesky
O céu é azul.
- 2
masculineheaven
Ir para o céu.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte do espaço que parece formar uma abóbada em cima de nossas cabeças; abóbada celeste 2. região superior, tida como morada da divindade e dos bem-aventurados; Paraíso; Éden 3. a divindade ela mesma 4. o ar, atmosfera
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of céu
- céus plural
- céo alternative
- ceo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce céu?
- Brazil /ˈsɛw/
- Brazil [ˈsɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈsɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to céu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is céu in Portuguese?
céu appears 83 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).